My name is Barbie Oppenheimer — but most people think I’m joking

nypost.com:

Barbenheimer — and she’s been having a wild few months.Barbara “Barbie” Oppenheimer has experienced an exciting summer amid the double-feature of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” that sparked a mashup obsession on the internet.The 68-year-old grandmother of five is owning her name, which has taken the world by storm.“The Barbenheimer craze has added some more fun to my already good life.

It’s been great fun,” Oppenheimer told The Post. “I’m having a lot of fun with the craze. It’s always important to embrace the serendipity in life, isn’t it?”While her friends think the double feature is a “wonderful coincidence,” Oppenheimer said that many strangers are taken aback when she introduces herself.“Most people don’t believe me when I say my name.

They think I’m joking,” she told The Post.Oppenheimer, from Newton, Mass., said that her two sons like to get in on the joke as well.“We were all just together to celebrate my husband’s 70th birthday when the Slate interview broke, and of course, they were critiquing my responses,” she said, referencing a recent interview on the site. “My older son bought me a Barbenheimer T-shirt for my October birthday but was disappointed that I already had one,” she shared. “Most of my grandchildren are too young to understand the craze, but my oldest granddaughter, who is only 7 and a past big Barbie fan, was intrigued.”In that interview, Oppenheimer said she was sure her “summer of fame” would go by fast, but she finds the whole thing “pretty funny.”“I had college friends around the world texting me that weekend when they came out, with the whole schmear, you know … ‘the bomb and the bombshell,'” Oppenheimer told Slate. “It was a brilliant thing that they launched.